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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3977 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 725 ILCS 5/115-10.6 rep. | | 725 ILCS 5/115-10.7 rep. | |
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Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Repeals evidentiary provisions providing a hearsay exception for intentional murder of a witness and admissibility of prior statements of an unavailable witness whose absence was wrongfully procured. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3977 | | LRB099 08580 MRW 28739 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | (725 ILCS 5/115-10.6 rep.) |
| 5 | | (725 ILCS 5/115-10.7 rep.) |
| 6 | | Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is |
| 7 | | amended by repealing Sections 115-10.6 and 115-10.7.
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| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 9 | | becoming law.
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